Non-refillable bottle.



[Nm 816,789. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

W. S. PREEL.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 15. 1905.

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VILLIAM S. FREEL, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Jiatented April 3, 1906.

Application filed May l5, 1905. Serial No. 260,454.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, VILLIAM S. FREEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in N on-Refillable Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles; and itconsists, essentially, of a valve mechanism located in the neck thereofand protected against tampering by means of baiiie-plates.

It has for its object to produce a device of this character which willeffectively prevent a bottle from being filled after the contentsthereof have been once poured out and which will at the same time besimple and durable in construction.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a bottle embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottle in an invertedposition.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in both views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the bottle, the lower portion of the neck ofwhich is contracted to form a passage 2, leading to the inside thereof.A plurality of radial passages 3 extend outward and upward from anintermediate point in the passage 2. The upper part of the contractedportion is inclined downward toward the passage 2, as seen at 4, and aguard member 5, having a conicalshaped base corresponding to theinclined portion fl, is fitted into the neck of the bottle just abovethe contracted part thereof. Passages 6, having communication with thepassage 2, lead upward around the sides of the guard member 5. The guardmember 5 is formed with a recess 7 therein, having externalcommunication through the vertex of the conical base at 8 and having itscrown 9 in the shape of an inverted cone, the vertex of which issituated directly over the passage 8.

Baffie-plates 10 and 11 are located over the guard member 5, theopenings therein being so placed as to form a tortuous path, and thustend to make tampering with the mechanism impossible. Ball-valves 12 and13 are used in connection with the above-described constructionand areconnected by a stem 14, so that the ball 12 is normally seated at thejunction of the passage 2 and the radial passages 3 and the ball 13normally seated on the top of the passage 2. The stem 14 extends upwardabove the ball 13 into the passage 8 and terminates in a small platform15, immediately below the vertex of the inverted conical crown 9 of therecess 7, so that a ball 16 placed therein normally rests upon saidplatform 15 and prevents any sudden upward movement of the valve byreason of its contact with the vertex of the conical crown 9. However,when the bottle is inverted or a continuous pressure brought to bearupon the valve mechanism the ball 16 is deflected and falls back intothe recess 7, thereby permitting the valve to be unseated and thecontents of the bottle to be poured out. A plurality of balls 17 areplaced in each of the radial passages 3 and owing to the incline of saidpassages normally rest upon the ball 12 to hold it firmly seated, butwhen the bottle is inverted roll back into the passages and allow thevalve to operate with perfect freedom. An eye 18 is formed in the stem14 between the balls 12 and 13, and when the bottle is manufactured aiiexible member 19 is passed through said eye and the ends thereofpassed up through the neck of the bottle, so that by pulling theflexible member upward the valves will be unseated and allow the bottleto be iilled. The liexible member is then slipped out and furthertampering with the valve mechanism rendered impossible.

In operation it will be seen that when the bottle is inverted the balls16 and 17 will readily roll out of the way and allow the valve to beunseated, but that any attempt to iill the bottle by sudden up-and-downshakes will be thwarted by the peculiar positioning of the ball 16, ashas heretofore been described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In anon-refillable bottle, the combination of a neck having a portionthereof contracted to form a passage, said passage having anupwardly-inclined recess in communication therewith, a valve adapted tobe seated in the passage at its junction with the upwardly-inclinedrecess, and having a stem attached thereto, Aa guard member over thebefore-mentioned passage against which the valve-stem impinges to limitthe movement of the valve, and a movable weight in said recess adaptedto rest normally against the valve to hold it closed.

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2. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination of a neck having aportion thereof contracted to form a passage, said passage having anupwardly-inclined recess in communication therewith, two valvesconnected by a stem and adapted to be seated, respectively, at the topof the passage and at its junction with the upwardly-inclined recess, amovable weight operating in said recess and adapted to rest normallyagainst the valve to hold it tightly seated, and means for limiting themovement of the valve.

3. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combina-i tion of a neck having aportion thereof contracted to form a passage leading into the interiorof the bottle, a guard member over said passage and having a recesstherein which has external communication through an outlet opposite thepassage, a valve adapted to be seated in the passage and having a stemattached thereto extending into the outlet leading from the recess inthe guard member, and a movable weight in said recess adapted to restnormally on the top of the stem to hold the valve tightly seated, thewalls of the recess converging toward the outlet to guide the movableweight against the valve-stem.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a neck having aportion thereof contracted to form a passage leading into the interiorof the bottle, a guard member over said passage having a recess thereinwhich has external communication through an outlet opposite the passage,a valve adapted to be seated in the passage and having a stem attachedthereto extending into the outlet leading from the recess in the guardmember, and having a platform on the end thereof, and a movable weightin said recess adapted to rest normally on the platform to hold thevalve tightly seated, the walls of the recess converging toward theoutlet to guide the weight upon the before-mentioned platform.

5. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination lof a neck having aportion thereof contracted to form a passage leading into the interiorof the bottle, a guard member over said passage having a recess thereinwhich has external communication through an opening opposite thepassage, and which has a member pendent from the crown thereof V andterminating over the opening, a valve adapted to be seated in thepassage and having a stem attached thereto extending into the openingleading into the recess in the guard member, and a movable weight insaid recess adapted to rest normally on the stem and be vprevented fromsudden upward movement by the before-mentioned pendent member.

6. In a 'non-refillable bottle, the combination of a neck having aportion thereof contracted to form a passage, said passage having anupwardly-inclined recess in communication therewith, a guard member oversaid passage having a recess therein which has external communicationthrough an opening in the bottom thereof, a valve adapted to be seatedin the passage at its junction with the upwardly-inclined recess, andhaving a stem attached thereto extending into the opening leading intothe recess in the guard member, a movable weight in said recess adaptedto rest normally on the top of the stem, and a movable weight in thebefore-mentioned upwardly-inclinedl recess adapted to rest normallyagainst the valve.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. FREEL.

IVitnesses:

MARY BEDARD, WM. J. DUroRD.

